Stephen Fowl

The Canonical Approach of Brevard Childs

IN the last fifteen years Brevard Childs has written both prolifically and provocatively on the subject of biblical theology. As a result, Childs’ work has generated a great deal of comment both sympathetic and antagonistic. Most of the comment has been directed at Childs’ application of his so-called canonical approach. The foundations of this approach are a radical departure from those concepts on which the historical-critical method is practised. Some of these foundational concepts, however, have been ignored by tnose who have commented on Childs’ work. In order to make some observations about these

Know Your Context Giving and Receiving Money in Philippians

In his “thankless thanks” to the Philippians, Paul subverts the cultural assumptions of his day by providing a new narrative of Gods solidarity with the community.

Book Review: What is New Testament Theology?

THIS VOLUME BEGINS BY NOTING THAT IN 1979 Hendrikus Boers published a volume in this same series under the same title. Much has been written in the intervening twenty-four years about the nature, task, and even possibility of New Testament theology. Students would be well served by a volume that provided a reliable and insightful roadmap of this scholarship. Within the first several pages, however, Via makes it clear that his volume does not seek to address this need. Instead,